Very little.
All people do on there is talk about how great everything is in their life, even if it isn't...
Yeah, which causes a lot of that "keep up with the Joneses" mentality... In fact, a lot of studies recently have been linking Facebook use to depression.
I just stopped a few weeks ago. I couldn't take it.
For me it wasn't the people bragging about their lives, though. I'm actually legitimately happy for all the people showing off their fun.
It was the politics. It was watching people get caustic and angry with their
friends and family members over politics, watching people basically use political memes like they're actual political points, etc. People who just saw the latest outrage and hit "share", when what they were sharing was usually the most blatant misrepresentation of whatever topic it addressed that could possibly have been created. I just found myself consumed by anger at all of these people every day, and having to resist the urge to point out their idiocy, which just left pent up aggression.
I really feel like we're reaching a point where the internet has amplified all of the most dangerous parts of humanity but seems to ignore all the best we have to offer.
For me it was brought to a head with the Bourdain suicide. It seemed like what he was showing, through his TV programs, was our shared humanity. That no matter who we are, what country we're from, what political or social problems we're dealing with, that everyone at the end of the day was just trying to take care of their families, to create communities, and to make a little more sunshine in whatever corner of the world they inhabit. I feel like perhaps that message was futile, and maybe one night he realized the futility during a moment of despair.
Again, I really have trouble finding optimism these days.
